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A mean-spirited billionairess snubbed her grandkids in her will - while leaving U12million to her pet dog.

Bitter Leona Helmsley, dubbed "The Queen of Mean" for the way she treated staff, said Craig and Meegan Panzirer would get nothing "for reasons that are known to them".

The property mogul, who died last week at 87, is thought to have rowed with them after they failed to name any of their children after her late husband Harry. Pampered pooch Trouble will now be the single biggest beneficiary of her £2billion fortune.

The £6million will keep Trouble in luxury and when the eight-year-old female Maltese dies she will lie next to Helmsley and her beloved Harry in a £700,000 mausoleum.

The New York tycoon's only brother Alvin Rosenthal must look after the pet but gets £1million less than it does.

The thrice-married former model owned vast chunks of prime property, including the Empire State Building. Last year she was ranked the world's 369th richest person.

But in the 80s she was seen as a symbol of ugly corporate greed and in 1989 got 18 months for tax evasion.

The trial heard she snootily told a maid: "Only the little people pay taxes."

And in 2003 one of her staff won damages after he was sacked for being gay. Helmsley, whose only son Jay Panzirer died of a heart attack in 1982, had four grandkids and 12 great-grandchildren. The will mentions none of her greatgrandkids. However, grandsons David and Walter get £2.5million each - if they visit their dad's grave yearly.

In later years Helmsley tried to improve her tarnished name by giving millions to charities, which will now get millions more. She also left £50,000 for her chauffeur.